Blade package



July 26, 1932. H.1GA1SMAN 1,869,311

BLADE PACKAGE Filed July 3; 1928 ATTORN EY blade package, illustratingthe Patented July 26, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFrca mar .1. ensmm,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOB, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATIONOI DELAWARE Application filed 'July 8, 1928. Serial No. 290,214.

An object of my invention is to provide a package of razor blades, inwhich the blades may be retained in a stack in a casing and may bedischarged successively without requiring the blades to be handled untildischarged. 7

Another object is to provide means for guiding the blades within thecasing in such a way that the sharpened edges of the blades will be keptfrom contact with the casing,

so as not to dull the blade edges while within or while bein dischargedfrom the casing.

A further ob ect is to provide means for guiding the blades while beingdischarged in such a way that the sharpened edges of the blades will bekept from contact with the sides of the casing or its discharge openingby the action of the ejector.

In carrying out my invention I provide a go casing adapted to retain astack of blades therein, said casing having an outlet slot for deliveryof the blades, an ejector slidably carried by the casing to engage, theendmost blade of the stack to eject it, guiding means 5 within thecasing for .the blades to keep their edges from engagement with thecasing, and means to keep the bladessnugged within the casing inposition to be ejected successively. My invention also com rises noveldetails so of improvement that willbe more fully hereinafter set forthand then pointed out in the claims.

- Reference is to be had to the accompanying a drawing forming parthereof, wherein it Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved bladebeing discharged; Fig. 2 is a sectional view substantially on the line2, 2, in Fig. 4;

40 Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3, 3, in

Fig. 2;

ig. 4 Fig. 2;

ig 5 is a sectional plan view on line 5, 5, in Fig. 3;

is a cross section on line 4, 4 in Fig. 6 is a plan view of the bladeillustrated in Figs. 1 to Fig. 7 is a partly sectional plan View on line7, 7, in Fig. 8 illustrating a modification;

Fig. 8 is a cross section on line 8, 8, in Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a section on line 9, 9, in Fig. 7

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the blade package illustrated in Figs.7 to 9, and

Fig. 11 is a plan view of the blade of Figs. 7 to 10.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views.

The numeral 1 indicates a hollow casing adapted to contain a stack ofrazor blades 2. Said casing may be made of a single piece of metal drawnto shape and provided with an opening at one end to be closed by an endvwall 3 that maybe folded to closed position (Figs. 3 and 9) after theblades and other parts have been inserted within the casing. A dischargeopening or slot for the blades is indicated at 4, which may be providedby making the end wall 3 of suitablewidth so that when said wall isfolded to place the opening or slot 4 will be provided. The marginalportions of the outermost blade of the stack are adapted to bear againstthe v outer or top wall 5 of the casing, and the stack of blades is keptpressed toward said wall by springs or bottom wall 7 of the casing. Thesprings 6 are shown struck out from a metal plate 8 within the casing.In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 5 the plate 8 bears against the wall 7and the springs bear against the adjacent blade of the stack, whereas inFigs. 7 to 10 the springs 6 bear against the wall 7 and the plate 8bearsagainst the adjacent blade of the stack, to keep the blades pressedtoward wall 5.

In Figs. 1 to 5 projections or posts 9 pass through openings 20 in allthe blades except the endmos t blade adjacent to the wall 5 6 whichoppose the opposite contact with the adjacent side walls of the casing.The projections 9 are shorter than the depth of the casing so that theoutermost blade of the stack will be free from'the projections to slidethrough the outlet opening. The projections 9 are shown formed on theplate 8, which may be done'by bending parts of said plate laterally fromsaid plate. The projections 9 are shown so located as to engage theouter side walls 2 of the openings 2a of the blades, (Figs. 2 and 3),and since said walls are shown curved the guiding projections 9 areshown correspondingly curved.

In the form shown in Figs. 7 to 10, in which blades having singlecutting edges are shown, the heels or back edges 2" of the blades engagethe side wall 10 of easing 1, and the corners. of the blades, at theends of the. cutting edges, engage angularly disposed corners 11 of thecasing, whereby the blades are guided with their cutting edges out ofcontact with the casing.

In order to permit the outermost blade of the stack to be ejected fromcasing 1, to avoid 1 danger of the users fingers engaging thecutjections 9, and so on each time the ting'edges of the blade, Iprovide an ejector 12 that is slidable along the wall 5 against theoutermost blade of the stack, which ejector is provided with a resilientprojection 12a that is adapted to enter one of the openings 2a or 2?; ofthe blade to push the latter through the discharge opening 4 of thecasing. The ejector is shown slidably guided in a guiding recess orgroove 13 (Figs. 4 and 8), which may be formed by pressing out the metalof wall 5 of the casing. Said pressed out portion of wall 5 is shownprovided with a longitudinal slot 14 through which a projectingfinger-piece 12 extends from the ejector in position to be engaged bythe users finger to slide the ejector back and forth. When the ejectorof Figs. 1 to 5 is moved to the right in Fig. 3 the outermost blade ofthe stack will be pushed through the discharge opening 4 of the casingin such a position as to be engaged by the fingers to pull the blade outof the casing, (Fig. 1), and the projections 9 will retain the otherblades of the stack from sliding. When the ejector has been-pushed back(to the left hand side of Fig. 3) the springs 6 will push the stack ofblades toward wall 5 for engagement of the ejector with the outermostblade, the latter being released from proejector is slid back and forth.In the form shown in Figs. 7 to 10 the heels of the blades and theircutting-edge corners retain the blades of the stack from displacementwhile the outermost blade is being ejected and while the ejector ispushed to the left in Fig. 9. In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 6 the heel12a of the ejector 12 operates on blade 2 by enteringblade opening 2aand pushi g against the extreme ends of its wall 20, thus keeping theoutermost blade inalignment while being ejected, and also serving toretain the edges of the outermost blade, that is free from theprojections 9, from engaging the casing while said blade is retained inthe casing, so that its cutting edges will not engage the casing. In theform shown in Figs. 7 to 11 the heel 12a of ejector 12 enters opening 26of blade 2 (Fig. 11) and thus keeps the alignment of the blade betweensaid ejector heel, the heel 2 of the blade and the wall 10 of thecasing, (Fig. 7 and 8), while said blade is being discharged so that itscutting edgewill not engage the casing.

In accordance with my invention I provide a package of blades in whichthe blade edges are protected so as to avoid danger to the users'fingersin obtaining a blade from the casing, or in handling or transportationof the package, and in which the blades need not be wrapped in paper orplaced in envelopes separately, as has been the custom with safety razorblades. My improved blade pacakge may be made cheaply so that the casingmay be discarded when all of the blades have been ejected therefrom.

Changes may be made in the details set forth without departing from'thespirit of the appended claims.

Having now described my invention what I claim is:

1. A blade package comprising a casing having a blade outlet opening andhaving guiding means for a stack of blades to keep their cutting edgesfrom contact with the casing while stacked therein, means to retain theblades pressed toward discharge position, and an ejector slidablycarried by the casing and cooperative with an openingin the outermostblade to guide said blade in the longitudinal direction of its cuttingedge and to discharge said blade with its cutting edge retained by saidejector out of contact with the casing while passing through saidopening. 1

2. A blade package as set forth in claim 1 in which the blade guidingmeans is operative in openings in the blades except in the outermostblade.

3. A blade package comprising a hollow casing adapted to contain a stackof blades and provided with a blade outlet opening, means within thecasing to retain the blades pressed toward discharge position, anejector for the blades slidably guided by the casing and having aportion to enter openings in the blades to guide and eject the latterwith their cutting edges out of contact with the casing, the casinghaving a longitudinal slot in one Wall and the ejector havinga-projection extending through said slot for manipulation.

4. A blade package comprising a hollow casing having a guiding groove inone wall and, a blade outlet opening, spaced blade guiding means withinthe casing spaced from slidable along the casing, said means extend- Iside walls thereof to enter openings in a ing across the casing andbeing shorter than stack, of blades to retain their edges out of thedistance from the bottom of the casing to contact with the casing, meansto retain the the ejector providing a space between said 5 outermostblade of a stack of blades in dismeans and the ejector to receive thelatter, '40

charge position respecting said opening, and the ejector being inposition to eject the outan e ector guided in said groove and slidableermost blade through said space clear of said relatively to the guidingmeans, said ejector meanshaving a portion to enter openings in the VHENRY J. GAISMAN, blades to engage the latter to guide and eject 7 v vthe blades through said opening, said ejector having a finger piece inposition to be manipulated, said wall of the casing being located onopposite sides of said groove in position for I 1 the outermost blade tobear against said wall. 7 g 80 5. A blade package as set forth in claim4 in which the said wall is provided with a longitudinal slot and theejector finger piece extends through said slot in position to bemanipulated. c 85 6. A blade package comprising a hollow casing having ablade outlet opening, a plate within the casing having springs to keepthe blades pressed toward discharge position, said casing being providedwith spaced guiding projections adapted to enter correspondingly ispaced openings in the blades to guide them to discharge position andkeep their cutting edges out of contact with the casing, saidprojections being shorter than the depth of the casing permitting theoutermost blade to be free from the projections, and an ejector slidablycarried by the casing to enter openings in the blades to guide them outof con- 35 tact with the casing and to push the blades through theoutlet opening.

7. A casing for perforated razor blades, posts in the casing adapted toengage the blade perforations, an ejector on the casing mounted to slideclear of the ends of the posts and adapted to eject the blades one at atime from the casing.

8. A casing for perforated razor blades, an ejector slidable in thecasing, means urging the blades'into successive operative engagementwith the ejector, means for operating the ejector to slide the bladeengaged thereby out of the casing, and a pair of posts in the casingadapted to engage the perforations in 50 the blades remaining in thecasing and serving to hold the edges of said blades out of contact withthe casing.

9. A casing for perforated blades, means within the casing in positionto engage the r 55 blade perforations to hold the edges of blades no outof contact with the casing, and an ejector slidable along the casing,said means being spaced from the ejector to permit the latter to slideclear of said means to eject the outermo'st blade through said spacefrom the casing. I

10. A casing for perforated blades, means within the casing in positionto engage the blade perforations to hold the edges of blades out ofcontact with the casing, and an ejector Y 130

